KATHMANDU, May 25: The government has appointed retired Lieutenant General of the Nepal Army (NA), Bala Nanda Sharma as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC).
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Monday evening made a decision into this effect.
A Health Emergency Ordinance issued by the government earlier this week made some changes in the structure of the CCMC and with a provision of a CEO to take charge of the high-level body to tackle the coronavirus pandemic . Sharma was appointed the CEO under the same provision of the ordinance.
Earlier, CCMC was led by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel. Pokharel will now remain as the member of a steering committee led by Prime Minister KP Oli. The committee will include eight Cabinet ministers and the chief secretary.
KATHMANDU, May 20: The CPN (Maoist Center) is preparing to submit a memorandum to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli incorporating its suggestions to the government for the prevention, treatment and control of the coronavirus disease.
A meeting of the party’s Standing Committee held on Thursday decided to hand over a memorandum to Prime Minister Oli demanding the dissolution of COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC), according to Maoist leader and former minister, Barshaman Pun.
"Today’s meeting decided to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister on Friday regarding the efforts to be made by the government to control COVID-19," Pun told Ratopati. "The CCMC should be scrapped as it proved to be non-functional” Pun said, adding that a separate entity of Disaster Management Authority should be formed and be led by the Prime Minister.
Similarly, the Maoist center also demanded the government form an all-party mechanism under the leadership of the Prime Minister to control the pandemic.
KATHMANDU, May 1: Prime Minister KP Shamra Oli has called a Cabinet meeting for Sunday afternoon.
The meeting is scheduled for 4 PM today at the prime minister’s official residence, a minister told Ratopati. “The meeting is expected to discuss the government's strategies to tackle the ongoing second wave of coronavirus though we were told about today’s meeting’s agenda,” he said.
Today’s cabinet meeting is also expected to endorse the recommendations made by the COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC).
KATHMANDU, May 1: COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) has recommended to the government to seal the border points with India in view of growing risk of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
A meeting of CCMC held at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), Singha Durbar on Friday, made the recommendation to the government in order to stem the transmission chain of the second wave of the virus. According to a high-level source, the meeting also made other recommendations amid the massive surge in coronavirus cases.
A Cabinet meeting will take necessary decisions to this effect.
KATHMANDU, April 26: A Cabinet meeting held on Monday evening endorsed the recommendations made by the COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) with amendment.
The meeting, which primarily dwelt on the government’s strategies to fight against the exacerbating crisis of the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, endorsed most recommendations made by the CCMC. The Cabinet, however, decided to allow the operation of domestic air services until 6 AM on Thursday though CCMC suggested suspending the air transportation effective from Wednesday.
According to a minister, today’s Cabinet meeting also decided to authorize the local administrations to enforce prohibitory orders if the number of active cases of coronavirus disease surpasses 200 in the hill districts and 500 in terai and those located in the Kathmandu Valley, as per the recommendation made by CCMC on Sunday.
Similarly, examinations of all levels are also put off in line with the CCMC’s recommendation.
Meanwhile, the district administration offices (DAOs) of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley on Monday issued separate orders prohibiting all the services and activities except for the emergency ones.
KATHMANDU, April 25: COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) has decided to recommend to the government to postpone all the scheduled and ongoing examinations of all levels effective from Monday.
A meeting of the CCMC held on Sunday took a decision to this effect.
According to a source at the CCMC, no decision was taken regarding the postponement of the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) of grade ten which is scheduled to be held from May 27 later this.